Sometime around 2010 I discovered the Bic Atlantis pen, and have been using them exclusively since. I purchased my first pack of the new Bic Glide (supposedly nothing changed with them other than the name).
I have liked this pen because not only do I get little to no smudging, but I do not get the choppiness that i do with some other ballpoint pens.
I used to use a lot of felt tipped pens in my youth, but in 2003 I started to work for a research laboratory and there are quite strict rules about which pen you can and cannot use. Felt tip pens were out.
Curious what others use.
Which pens and leads do you use?
Personally I like the Tombow Mono Graph 0.5 and mono-wx 0.5mm HB leads. Switching to HB leads from 2B leads has been the best stationery related decision I've ever made, and I recommend every leftie to experiment with harder leads. No more smudging the paper with graphite because of your hand running over the paper. I will probably try the 0.3mm version of the same pen the next time I go to the stationery store because I want to experiment with finer lead thicknesses.
Right now I am using a Rotring 600 with 0.7 2B leads.
I’ve never tried HB before so I’ll have to buy some and give it a go.
Personally I am a big fan of 0.7. Anything smaller and I feel the sharp ends dig into paper too much and the lead breaks too easily.